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im looking for somewhere cheapish in auckland to buy 10mm rope/hook for winch, , i live in helensville work in east tamaki, so anywhere round there is good . cheers

Any COOKES outlet can help ya. Maybe not the cheapest, but seems to last better than some of the cheaper stuff.

hi there i have a coil of 9.5mm here about 45 metres long with the cable clamps making the eye was looking at $80.00 ono

no hook but thats easy from cooks, chain and rigging, etc

oh its the steel cable

i always buy from truck and winch in usa rather than get ripped off in nz, they advertise on ebay, $129 usd for 30m of 12.5mm with free shipping at the time i bought, comes with protector on the first 2m. usually takes 10 days. they do 10mm aswell. (plasma rope that is not steel cable)

muskie wrote:i always buy from truck and winch in usa rather than get ripped off in nz, they advertise on ebay, $129 usd for 30m of 12.5mm with free shipping at the time i bought, comes with protector on the first 2m. usually takes 10 days. they do 10mm aswell. (plasma rope that is not steel cable)

http://truckandwinch.com/tuff-stuff-synthetic-winch-rope-92ft.html ????

27 and a bit meters of 1/2 inch (12.5mm) rope with breaking load of only 7.5 US tons (approx 6800kg) for about NZ$165, where's the value in that? Its called ripped in the good ole USA.

Shop around, there are plenty of good (and local) options.

4WDbits wrote:http://truckandwinch.com/tuff-stuff-synthetic-winch-rope-92ft.html ????
27 and a bit meters of 1/2 inch (12.5mm) rope with breaking load of only 7.5 US tons (approx 6800kg) for about NZ$165, where's the value in that? Its called ripped in the good ole USA.

I think your calculations are a bit off.
Web site just quotes 7.5 ton (assumption is its US ton as its a USA site)...
If it was US tons you would be correct...

But it also says 16500 lbs
But the 16500 lbs = 7484 kg
and 7.5 British ton = 7620 kg
and 7.5 metric ton = 7500 kg.

Anyway buy local and support our NZ suppliers !

i am not being drawn into any pathetic he said she said arguments, at the time it was a good buy and i stand by that, its of good quality and does the job... unfortunatly there is competition out there these days and and the world is a smaller place, buying local doesnt make good sense from any point of view, if a local dealer goes out of business becouse he cant compete then he should lower his margins or change suppliers, if i can buy it cheaper so can he!

as far as i am concerned in these hard times its every man for himself, i am by no means well off and dont earn the kind of money where i can chose to pay $250 bucks for rope when i can get the same or similar for $170, that $80 bucks extra goes a long way to putting food on the table being patriotic doesnt. Tell me why i should pay more?